Government extends G-Cloud procurement

Responding to supplier feedback

The government has said it is extending the current G-Cloud framework contract (Gi) for three months. It is also
extending the dates for the Gii procurement process "by a number of weeks".

The announcement means that the
current G-Cloud framework will be open for purchasing until 13 November 2012. The extended date for suppliers
having to submit their tenders for Gii will be confirmed later this week.

In a statement, the Cabinet Office said: "We extended the first G-Cloud procurement in response to the
unprecedented level of feedback we received from the supplier community.

"In Gii we think we've managed to address much of the valuable feedback we received both in the way we are
communicating about G-Cloud and the tools we have put in place to help suppliers tender, though we are
experimenting with more process improvements we want to put in place."

In other public sector procurement news, government
CIO Andy Nelson last month said he was considering creating a third framework to complement the G-Cloud and
G-Hosting frameworks, in a bid to help the public sector move away from legacy systems to modern platforms.